ARITH INC

EAST PALO ALTO, CA · Semiconductors · Private

Compressed Floating-Point Unit (CFPU) hardware accelerator that performs arithmetic directly on compressed data

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Semiconductors
Headquarters: EAST PALO ALTO, CA
Total capital: $4.1M

Federal grants: $2.2M; 3 awards · 2022–2025; Rank in peer group#71 of 72
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $1.9M; 2 awards · Defense; Rank in Semiconductors#99 of 707
Granted patents: 0; 4 pending

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Latest events

Aug 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Mightyfp - A SWAPC2-OPTIMIZED AI Accelerator For Defense And Aerospace Applications$1.8M
Aug 2025Federal contractDefense · Mightyfp - A SWAPC2-OPTIMIZED AI Accelerator For Defense And Aerospace Applications$1.8M
Jan 2025Federal contractDefense · Mightyfp - An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chip Accelerator To Enhance Boardroom And Battlefield AI Programs$110K
Jan 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Mightyfp - An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chip Accelerator To Enhance Boardroom And Battlefield AI Programs$110K
Feb 2022Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I:Efficient Arithmetic on Quasi-Compressed Data for Performance Improvement$256K

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Semiconductors · Device

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USPTO · 0 granted of 4

Feb 5, 2026PendingSystem And Method To Fuse Array OperationsUSPTOApplication 18793617
Feb 5, 2026PendingSystem And Method To Accelerate Array OperationsUSPTOApplication 18793612
Aug 15, 2024PendingSystem And Method To Accelerate Microprocessor OperationsUSPTOApplication 18107910

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System And Method To Fuse Array OperationsFeb 5, 2026 · Application 18793617Pending
System And Method To Accelerate Array OperationsFeb 5, 2026 · Application 18793612Pending
System And Method To Accelerate Microprocessor OperationsAug 15, 2024 · Application 18107910Pending
System And Method To Accelerate Microprocessor OperationsApr 25, 2024 · Application 17973262Pending

ARITH INC.Shares a founder: David H Chen
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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.